Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-07-09
THE CLOSING DAY.
The Veterans Have Another Great Day at
Gettysburg Going Over the Ground
Mrs. Pickett.

The Veterans Have Another Great Day at
Gettysburg Going Over the Ground
Mrs. Pickett.
GETTYSBURG, PA, July AUST as the
clock on the tower of the county court house
last night sounded the first stroke of the
midnight stiffness was broken by
the strains from a bugle Of
'sWay Down Upon the Suanee
River" Scarcely had its notes died away
when the members Of Philadelphia brigade
and Pickett's division began the celebration
of the glorious Fourth with the booming
of cannon on East Cemetery hill,
in the town. Pandemonium reigned
for an hour and half. No such noise has
disturbed this little village since the three
memorable DAYS of '63. This morning at
o. clock the members of Pickett's division
proceeded to the court house and were called
to order by Col Aylett. Some one proposed
that every member of the division present
should give % cents toward paying the eX
penses which Mrs. Pickett incurred on this
visit. The proposition was accepted with
cheers The Philadelphia brigade was then
presented to Mrs. Pickett. Her son, George
Pickett, stood at her side and when
she dropped a hand it was at once grabbed
by him. The people then moved to the
highest ground and Colonel Bachelor
formed the survivors of kempers, Barnett
and Armisted's brigade Of Pickett,s division
El6 order they Llt-4 DGG- hl4GA Lie G4lt1A
began and asked the commander of each
regiment to step forward and
point out the position OF his
command. When this was done
the party once more resumed their ride and
took the following route: Out the Emmets-
burg road along Sickles' line to the Peach
Orchard, thence across the bloody wheat
field to the devils Den" through Valley
of Death, - along base Of Round Top, thence
by Battle Field avenue, along the Union
line past the Umbrella corps of trees where
Hancock fell wounded, on by Bloody
Angle" the high water mark OF the rebel
lion, past Meade's quarters, through the
beautiful national cemetery and entered
town by the Baltimore pike, over which the
union troops reiterated after the bloody
struggle of the first day. Mrs. Pickett was
! She had gathered flowers and clover heads.
To a number of the brigade she gave few
a few with a smile, and one by one they
were given away to be treasured moLnen-
toes. Her autograph was also eagerly sought
and she refused no one. George Pickett
showed the Associated Press correspondent
the watch his father carried during the
charge. Its a medium sized gold one, with
/ stars and stripes and the stars and bars
/ crossed on the lid. On the inside are the
names of the battles IN which he participant
ed IN the Mexican war. To say that Pickett;s
men are pleased would be put
/ ting it lightly. They are delight ec
with everything and everybody. While the
band was playing medley Of confederate
and union war songs as the veterans wert
starting on their ride over the field, il
I struck up yankee Doodle" Instantly
| a rebel yell and a union cheer showed
| that the war song of their fathers above al
/ others had touched q symp athletic chord IL
| the breasts of both. This evening a rellg
! ious service was held In the absence Of the
/ chaplain, Rev. j. K DeEOrest was asked K
| speak before a gathering of Picketts mel
mainly at the court house. He spCk,
/ TO them an subject Of the day: -'aOW mucl
Liberty and Brotherly feeling Characteristic
/ Of Our Land should Endear It to az Clu
/ zensg' This evening Mrs. Pickett held a re
| ceptiOn at the Pickett division headquarter
/ and for an hour shook the hand Of every ont
presented 70 her. Immediately after the re
/ ception she was serenaded by the Gran'
| Army of the Republic band. Ih
! Pickett men then adjourned Z
l the garden of the house when
the SiLty-ninth Pennsylvania men wer
/ holding forth. Speech making and tOas
| offerings were then the order TIL late IL
/ the night. COWan's battery and tn
/ Wheeler rifles departed at o'clocl
/ this evening and some of thI
/ Philadelphia brigade also left for their home
! The Pickett division viii leave at O'clOcl
IN the morning, and the remaining member
of the Philadelphia brigade viii leave abou
] O'clock